Fence



(Model.)

A E HR x W. 'COKAYNIE PBNGB.

Patented June 16, 1885. Mg

G QI' f' W Q V K9. WITNESSBSI ATT/OENEYS.

Nv PETERS. PhumLiihogmpner, wnshmgwn. D. c.

- FATBNT Trice.

VILLIAM COKAYNE, OF GEETINGSVILLE, INDIANA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,223, dated June 16, 1885.

Application filed July Q, 1884. (Model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM COKAYNE, of Geetingsville, county of Clinton, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Fence, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved fence which is simple in construction, strong and durable, and can be erected easily and rapidly.

The invention consists of the combination of parts and their construction, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this speciticatiomin which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure lis a longitudinal elevation of two panels of my improved fence. Fig. 2 is asectional plan view of one of the panels. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation ofthe felice. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional plan View showing the manner of bracing the posts.

The fence rests on transverse bed-pieces or sills A, each provided at the middle with two apertures separated a distance about equal to the thickness of the rails B, in which apertures the lower pointed ends of stakes or posts C are driven, ot' which the one on the outside of the fence is higher than the one on the inside, the inner post being about flush with the uppermost rail. The stakes or posts C are braced by means of a wire, D, one end of which is secured on a nail, E, or a stud or like device, driven into one side edge of the base. Then the wire is carried up and secured on a nail, E, projecting from one side edge of one standard C about onethird of its height from the bottom, the said nail E being on that side edge ofthe post opposite the one on which the nail E projects from the base. Then the wire is carried diagonally across the space between the two posts or stakes and secured on a nail, E', projecting from one side edge of the other post, and is then carried down to the opposite end of the base, and is secured to a nail, E. The two nails E on the opposite ends of the base project from opposite side edges of the base, and the two nails E on the stakes project from opposite side edges of the same, s o that they wire will extend transve rsel y across the base from oneend to the middle, then in the opposite direction across the space between the two stakes, and then diagonally across the base from the middle of the same to the opposite free end, as is sh'own in Figs. 2 and 4. That part of the wire that crosses the space between the two stakes diagonally is below one ofthe rails B. The rails Bare placed between the stakes, the ends of the rails overlapping, so that the rails will be inclined a distance about equal to the height or thickness of the rail. Above the uppermost rail the opposite stakes C are tied together by means of a wire loop, G, or a band. .A wire, H, which may be plain or barbed, may be secured to the npper ends of the higher posts, if desired. The end panels of the fence are braced by means of slats or strips J, having theirupperendsnailed to the inner surfaces of the high posts C, and then extending across the rails B (fn the outside of the fence, the said brace-stri ps J being nailed to the several rails. The lower ends of the'braces J rest on the edges of the bases A, as shown. If desired, some ofthe intermediate panels can also be braced.

The fence requires no post-holes, as the bases rest on the ground.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the stakes inserted into bases and looped or connected together, the rails, the oblique board braces and the wire braces, each being 'a continuous wire fastened at one end to one side of a base, thence eX- tended up and connected to the opposite side of a stake and passed to the opposite side of the fellow stake and fastened, and thence carried down and fastened to the opposite side of said base, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

VILLIAM COKAYNE.

vVitnesscsr THOMAS D. HARLOW, lll. V. YOUNG. 

